5:20 PM,
Jan. 18, 2013

Written by

B.J. Hammerstein
Detroit Free Press staff writer

Bay City native Betsy Brandt was excited just to meet Michael J. Fox on Monday. She was beyond excited Tuesday when she learned she'd be playing Fox's wife on his upcoming NBC sitcom.

"I feel like I just won the lottery, twice," Brandt said Friday during a phone call from New Mexico, where she's filming the final episodes of AMC's acclaimed series "Breaking Bad." "I was just happy for a chance to meet him.

"I really loved how on 'Family Ties' he pushed his character really far without it ever being farce," she said of Fox, who also starred in TV's "Spin City" and the "Back to the Future" movie series. ...